The African Repository, Volumes 39-40American Colonization Society, 1967 - African Americans |
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Page 338
... Captain Burton remarks the resemblance of this intense personal veneration to that said to have been rendered to Mohammed by his followers ; but he suspects that in Dahome it is rather the principle than the person that is respected ...
... Captain Burton remarks the resemblance of this intense personal veneration to that said to have been rendered to Mohammed by his followers ; but he suspects that in Dahome it is rather the principle than the person that is respected ...
Page 362
... Captain Burton was obliged to join in a dance of ceremony . He too had his " Evil Night . " Gelele himself subsequently required Captain Burton to dance with him . Gelele expects strangers not to refuse him this compli- ment , and he ...
... Captain Burton was obliged to join in a dance of ceremony . He too had his " Evil Night . " Gelele himself subsequently required Captain Burton to dance with him . Gelele expects strangers not to refuse him this compli- ment , and he ...
Page 363
... Captain Burton's admonitions . " The King , " said the latter , " had never heard so much truth before in his life ; he did not accept my plain speaking without striving of the mind , ' nor could I expect it . " Captain Burton was quite ...
... Captain Burton's admonitions . " The King , " said the latter , " had never heard so much truth before in his life ; he did not accept my plain speaking without striving of the mind , ' nor could I expect it . " Captain Burton was quite ...
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